Steven Alan

You won’t catch any of the Super Bowl XLIII players butting heads with these helmuts on this weekend, but you can still bid on one and help the NFL Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to the health and safety of sports and youth football.

Bloomingdale’s in New York collaborated with the Council of Fashion Designers of America to invite some of the world’s leading fashion designers to bring their own personal flair to football helmuts. The collection of 48 fanciful and impractical headgear has been on display in the window of Bloomingdale’s 59th Street store in Manhattan and can be viewed online as well. The helmuts are being auctioned off to support the NFL Foundation, and the public has been invited to submit their own design with a chance to win a Bloomie’s gift card and a mini 3-D printed version of their submitted design. Even football helmut design is a participatory sport.

Books

Graphis 360

The latest Graphis 360 is now available. Long the ultimate word on the best of graphic design, Graphis is published as a quarterly journal. Subscriptions and single editions are available through the Graphis Store.

Museum Exhibition

Now – December 31, 2019
@ Atelier des Lumières

Starry Night exhibition
The Atelier des Lumières has transformed an old iron foundry in Paris into an immersive installation. It invites visitors to step inside some of the Post-Impressionist’s most celebrated canvases. This selection of luminous, larger-than-life images includes his signature self-portraits, his series of Irises, and, his pièce de résistance, the sparkling Starry Night.

Event

June 20 — 28, 2019

San Francisco Design Week is an opportunity to experience the region’s unique design talents, impact and innovations. From household products to tech you wear or carry in your pocket, San Francisco is a hub of innovation like no other. Through studio tours and events, SFDW celebrates this spirit of newness by providing unique access to exhibitions and conversations with the designers who are shaping the future — from architecture to fashion, product design to digital services, and everything in between.